oliversbow:

All that time plotting my return at the island, I didn’t realize how hard it would be to reconnect with Mom, Thea… Laurel… and I didn’t… I didn’t know how painful it would be to keep my secret. You asked me to save the city. To right your wrongs. I will. I swear. But to do that, I can’t be the Oliver that everyone wants me to be, which means sometimes, to honor your wishes… I need to dishonor your memory. I’m sorry…